Commit e12d7462 authored by Alex Henrie's avatar Alex Henrie Committed by Jonathan Corbet

SubmittingPatches: make Subject examples match the de facto standard

The examples should better match what kernel developers actually expect,
so that they set a good example both for this project and for other
projects with similar development processes.
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 2b71920e
...@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ succinct and descriptive, but that is what a well-written summary ...@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ succinct and descriptive, but that is what a well-written summary
should do. should do.
The "summary phrase" may be prefixed by tags enclosed in square The "summary phrase" may be prefixed by tags enclosed in square
brackets: "Subject: [PATCH tag] <summary phrase>". The tags are not brackets: "Subject: [PATCH <tag>...] <summary phrase>". The tags are
considered part of the summary phrase, but describe how the patch not considered part of the summary phrase, but describe how the patch
should be treated. Common tags might include a version descriptor if should be treated. Common tags might include a version descriptor if
the multiple versions of the patch have been sent out in response to the multiple versions of the patch have been sent out in response to
comments (i.e., "v1, v2, v3"), or "RFC" to indicate a request for comments (i.e., "v1, v2, v3"), or "RFC" to indicate a request for
...@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ the patch series. ...@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ the patch series.
A couple of example Subjects: A couple of example Subjects:
Subject: [patch 2/5] ext2: improve scalability of bitmap searching Subject: [PATCH 2/5] ext2: improve scalability of bitmap searching
Subject: [PATCHv2 001/207] x86: fix eflags tracking Subject: [PATCH v2 01/27] x86: fix eflags tracking
The "from" line must be the very first line in the message body, The "from" line must be the very first line in the message body,
and has the form: and has the form:
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